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TRADE IN HARTWELL -- - THE METROPOLIS OF N. E. GEORGIA
10 THE HARTWELL SUN. mi
VOL. 49
NEW $1,000,000 POWER LINE THROUGH HARTWELL
New Subsidiary to Georgia Railway
Power Co. Begin* Work On
Project Through This
Section
ENCOURAGING NEWS ABOUT
HATTON SHOALS POWER SITE
Developments Under Way and Those
Planned Will Make This Section
Famous More Than Fifty
Million To Be Spent
A petition for incorporation has
been filed by the East Georgia Power
Co., in Fulton county court, the peti
tioners being Hons. H. M. Atkinson,
P. S. Arkwright, C. G. Adsit, W. H.
Taylor and F. L. Butler, ail well
known Georgia citizens, and promi
nent power company operators.
The capital stock is to be $1,100,-
000.00, with the privilege of in
creasing to $5,000,000.00, the pur
pose of the organization being to
erect a power line from Toccoa to
Augusta, a distance of 112 miles,
and supplying cities in this section
with additional hydro-electric power.
Also to connect at Augusta with the
Georgia-Carolina Power Co.
The new company is a subsidiary
of the Georgia Railway & Power Co.,
which is expending millions in the
development of power sites to the
north of Hartwell.
Material is already being laid down
for the erecting of the new line, and
the right of way being purchased for
the high towers that will carry the
wires.
Passes Hartwell
Much interest is being taken in
the project since the new line is to
pass Hartwell just west of the city,
going by Cross Roads community.
Air Line, and through Campground
section.
Plans call for completion of the
line by September Ist, and erection
will proceed as fast as details as to
right of way, etc., are closed.
Other Developments
The petition states that other de
velopment of certain water power
sites in eastern Georgia is contem
plated, also, but distribution system
will be first completed.
Simultaneous with the announce
ment that the petition had been filed
and material was actually being laid
for the new line, it is also brought
out that local attorneys for the
Georgia Railway & Power Co., are
making abstracts of deeds to certain
properties up and down the Tugalo
river that affect the famous Hattons’
Shoals power site. Renewed acti
vities within the past week along this
line are indicative of early work on
the project, it is thought.
The construction of the new power
line is of the A-frame type, each
tower consisting of two steel poles
with cross members sufficient to
carry three lines of wire for high
tension current. It is expected that
the line will be completed by Sep
tember 1.
Officials of the company believe
that the extension of high power
transmission systems through the
eastern section -of the state will add
greatly to the industrial possibilities
of the territory and will constitute
an important factor in the develop
ment of the state.
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Two million dollars’ worth of gold
and silver was carried by airplane
from London to Amsterdam in a
single flight.
EVENTS ANNOUNCED FOR HART
COUNTY SCHOOL MEET APRIL 24
All plans for the big annual Hart
County School Meet are being lined
up, and prospects point to the most
successful day the boys and girls
have ever had in an event of this
kind.
It is thought every school in the
Hart county system will take part in
at least one or more of the literary ;
and athletic numbers.
The following information will be
of interest:
The Literary Contests will be in ■
the following: Arithmetic, Letter
Writing, Spelling, Reading Tests, De- ,
clamation and Recitation.
1. These contests will be in two
divisions. The first six grades will
constitute one division. The 7th, Bth,
9th and 10th grades will constitute
the second division.
2. Each School will be allowed one 1
boy and one girl in each division.
Boys Athletics include—loo yards
race, high jump, running broad jump. ;
chinning pole, sack race, shoe race,
220 yard race.
3. Boys Athletics will be in two
divisions. Boys of 110 lbs. will con
stitute the first division. Boys of,
over 110 pounds will constitute the
second division.
4. Each school will be allowed one
boy for first and second divisions. !
Girl* Athletic*
The following: 100 yards race, 50
yards race, baseball throw, circle ball,
bean bag throw.
5. The Girls Athletics will be in
two divisions. Girls of 100 pounds
and less constitute the first division. !
Girls of over 100 pounds constitute
the second division.
The County School Meet is always
held at the Hartwell school grounds,
and is a gala day not only for the
coupty school pupils but those at«
tending the Hartwell schools as well.
Joyous Easter Time
Will Be Celebrated
In Fitting Way
Hartwell churches will likely be
well filled on next Sunday, when
Christians everywhere participate in
the joyous Easter exercises.
Easter this year falls on April 12th
coming a week earlier than it did last
year when it fell on April 20th. Eas
ter Sunday is the first Sunday after
Paschal full moon, and therefore can
not be earlier than March 22, or later
than April 25th.
Easter is the festival of Christ’s
resurrection and is one of the most
joyous days observed by the church.
It usually comes about the same time
as the Passover of the Jews. The
term Easter was first used when
Christianity was introduced among
the Saxons.
Gregory, who was bishop of Nussa
in A. D. 380. in writing about the
Easter festival says: “All Christians
assembled everywhere as members of
one family. The poor man dressed
like the rich and the rich wore his
gayest and brightest attire, whilst
those who had no good clothes of
their own borrowed of their neigh
bors. Even the little children put
on their new clothes and were bright
and happy.”
It was therefore evident that the
present custom of wearing new and
bright clothes on Easter is at least
fifteen centuries old.
LEGION WILL MEET
Hart County Post Nc. 109 Ameri
can Legion will hold its regular meet
ing Friday night in the hall. McCurry
building.
All members cordially invited and
new members are welcome.
M. M. PARKS, Commander.
J. T. WILCOX, Adjutant.
c.
Hartwell Students Rank
Third In Production
Hartwell Agriculture Students
Raise $6,761.77 Products
A compilation of statistics just re
ceived by Prof. L. E. Hemrick, Vo
cational Agriculture teacher in the
Hartwell schools, shows that Hartwell
ranks third in the value of produc
tion.
$0,761.77 is the total value of the
farm products raised by the pupils
of the Hartwell school.
This is a wonderful showing for
the pupils, and speaks well for the
work being carried out by Prof.
Hemrick.
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PAYS TO KEEP HENS
THAT LAY EGGS OFTEN
During the five months of Novem
ber, December, January, February
and March, 19 hens laid 2,033 eggs.
(No, children, this is not a lesson in
arithmetic—it’s a news story.)
The hens are of the Rhode Island
Red breed, and the property of Prof.
L. E. Hemrick, Vocational Agricul
ture teacher in the Hartwell schools.
He realized a net profit of $23.74
on the eggs.
Anybody beat it?
TOURIST TRAVEL IS ON
THE INCREASE DAILY
Tourist travel back east from
Florida is on the increase daily, and
within the next few weeks it is ex
| pected that the peak will be reached.
The good roads through this sec
thm have influenced many who went
j the lower route to come baek this
i way.
Nightly there are a large number
| of cars with campers on the park, at
the hotel and rooming houses.
Hartwell gives the tourist and
visitor a warm weleojue within her
gates.
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Some Duck Eggs
Recently under a barn of S. L.
Thornton was found 121 duck eggs
laid in a heap. The next day 12
| duck eggs and 6 hen eggs, in another
nest. Besides these many duck eggs
• promiscuously dropped in yard are
i found all winter. This is fine for
| only three ducks and three drakes.
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The Island of Formosa in the
South Pacific possesses the highest
sea cliffs in the world.
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In the bakeshops of Rangoon,
Burma, men sit with their bare feet
. in the flour, rolling the dough and
' frying puffs and doughnuts.
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When the baseball hero makes an
i extraordinary’ play and the crowd
roes wild, the extra strain on the
grand stand amounts to 300 pounds
a square inch.
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1925
NEW INCREASED POSTAGE RATES
ARE EFFECTIVE NEXT WEDNESDAY
Bottling Plant Here
Given Perfect Score
Hartwell has a bottling plant that
is 100 per eent .n every particular,
and that i. something that few enter
prises in all Georgia can claim.
Last week the regular quarterly
inspection of the Coca-Cola Bottling
Co., here, of which Mr. A. F. Bell
is proprietor, was made by the head
quarters company of Atlanta,- —and
on every point the report gave our
Hartwell plant perfection.
So, when you drink from a bottle
that was manufactured by the “Bell
of Hartwell’ you can rest assured
that it is perfectly clean and perfect
ly proportioned.
The report gave them:
Sanitation 100
Product 100
Building and Equipment 100
Average 100
The only reason they didn’t get
100 on anything else is that there
is nothing else to it.
The Sun has frequently commented
on the fact that Mr. Bell continually
is on the lookout for any and every
improvement for the plant, and dur
ing the past few years has spent
thousand- of dollars making the place
just what his idea of a real bottling
plant should be.
Besides Coca-Cola the plant pro
duces al) the other leading drinks,
covering a wide territory in this sec
tion with their fleet of trucks.
That the business is on the in
crease i cvi'denead ,in the fact that
the month of March wat more than
60Q cases ahead of the same month
last year.
The local plant does a tremendous
business and is an enterprise that
turns much sroney loose in the city
through a steady pay-roll every week
in the year.
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MR. W. J. NEESE
DIES SUDDENLY
Mr. William J. Neese, age 65, died
at the home in this city Tuesday
njght, April 7, 1925, about 10
o'clock.
The deceased had been in ill health
for the past two years, and while his
conditicAi was known to be of a seri
ous nature, death came as a shock to
his immediate family.
Retiring at the usual hour, mem
bers of the family heard Mr. Neese
move, and on entering his room
found him unconscious. Medical aid
was quickly summoned, but he passed
away within a f<*w moments.
Mr. Neese was born and reared in
Hart county. Thirty-nine years ago
he married Miss Alice Alford. His
widow and the following children sur
vive: Mrs. J. F. McGukin, Anderson,
S. C., Mrs. Woodfin Carter, Mrs. Jim
Loyd Teasiey, and Miss Billie Neese,
Hartwell, Ga., and Mrs. Asbury H.
Parks, of Tampa, Fla.; Messrs. Alpha
O-, and Clifford Neese, of Charles
ton, S. C., Messrs. Dan and Dewey
Neese, of Hartwell.
One sister, Mrs. Mollie Gray, and
a brother, Mr. Buster Neese, reside
in Telephone, Texas; another brother,
Mr. Sam J. Neese lives in Anderson,
S. C.
Mr. Neese was a member of the
Hartwell Methodist church for many
years, and until his health failed at
tended services regularly.
His passing brings sadness to all
who knew him.
Funeral arrangements were not an
nounced before The Sun went to
press, pending arrival of relatives.
The bereaved family have the
sympathy of many friends in their
loss.
Hart County Commissioners Make First
Move In Plan To Invite New Industries
At the regular meeting of Hart
County Commissioners Monday a
resolution was passed endorsing the
law passed by the Georgia Legisla
ture last summer giving counties the
right to vote for tax exemption for
new industries for a period of five
years on entering the State of Geor
gia.
Representative B. B. Zellars and
Senator J. N. B. Thompson were ask
ed by the Commissioners to introduce
and secure the passage of an en
abling act in the approaching session
of the Legislature, whereby authori
ties could call an election for citi
zens of Hart county to vote on this
important matter.
A similar resolution was passed by
the Hartwell Board of Aidermen at
their regular session last Monday.
Elbert was the first county in the
State to vote on this matter. The
bill wa c ’ntrodi.<d by Dr. A. S. J.
Stovall, Elbert county representative.
Many other important matters
«er» pa.- I up n by the efficient
ih.r' Co® ‘ toners th< ■ meeing
MontJuy.
Higher postal rates recently grant- .
i ed by an act of Congress, will be ef
fective Wednesday of next week,
April 15th.
To begin with, there is no change
in the rate on first-class mail, or on
i government postal cards. The rate
such as souvenir picture cards, has
lon private mailing cards, however, !
■ been changed from one cent to two
| cents.
One of the biggest increases is in |
second-class mail, which includes
‘ newspapers and magazines mailed (
|by the public. The former rate t
was four ounces for one cent; the |
new rate will be two ounces for two ,
I cents.
Unsealed printed matter, third- '
■ class mail, is one cent for two ounces ,
|at present. On April 15th the rate j
will be one and one-half cents for j
two ounces. It will be noted in this ,
i connection that a one-and-one-half '
cent stamp will be issued by the j
government to take care of this
class of mail.
The revised rates, with other in
| formation, are given in full below,
and should he cut out for reference
by Sun readers:
Insurance Fee*
I Value SO.OI to $5.00 5c
Value $5.01 to $25,00 8c
Value $25.01 to $50.00 10c
Value $50.01 to 100.00 25c
Registry
Value SO.OI to $50.00 15c i
j Value $50.01 to SIOO.OO 20c
; Foreign Rate 10c i
Registry or Insured Return
Receipt 3c
C O. D.
■ Amount SO.OI to SIO.OO 12c i
Amount $lO 01 to $50.00 15c
Amount $50.01 to SIOO.OO 25c :
Parcel Post Special Delivery
I Weight not over 2 lbs. 10c
j Weight over 2 lbs. & not over
ilO lbs. . . 15c
Other mail than Parcel Post 10c
Third Class
|lor 2 oz. . 1 ‘Ac
j 3 or 4 oz. 8c
, 5 or 6 oz. 4 He
7 or 8 oz. 6c
Newspaper
I 1 or 2 oz. 2c
j lb or 4 oz. 4c
| 5 or 6 oz. 6c
7 or 8 oz 8c I
Money Order
Amount SO.OI to $2.50 5c
Amount $2.51 to $5.00 7c
Amount $6.01 to SIO.OO 10c
I Amount $lO.Ol to $20.00 12c
Amount $20.01 to $40.00 16c
Amount $40.01 to $60.00 18c
Amount $60.01 to 80.00 20c
Amount SBO.OI to SIOO.OO 22c
Miscellaneous information
FIRST CLASS RATES REMAIN
UNCHANGED—2 cents per oz. or
fractional part thereof.
GOVERNMENT POSTAL CARDS
-—1 cent. Other private post cards
2 cents.
EVERYTHING (except first and j
second class mail) weighing up tn 8
oz. is 3rd class mail 1 for each 2
oz.
EVERYTHING (except first and
second class mailt weighing over 8
i oz. is 4th class mail or Parcel Post.
EXCEPT THAT books, catalogues,
I seed, bulbs, plants, roots and scions,
weighing not oyer 8 oz. % cent per
I oz.
ALL PARCEL POST (except that
collected on R. F. D. Routes) require
i 2 cents extra in addition to all other
postage.
ALL SPECIAL HANDLING 25 I
cents extra in addition to all othec
postage.
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RUMMAGE SALE SATURDAY
The Brenau Club will hold a •
rummage sale Saturday afternoon, I
April 1 Ith, at 2 o’clock P. M. at the
I Dooley & O’Barr store. Useful gar
ments at a bargain will be on display.
, Your patronage will be appreciated.
Come one! Come all!
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Southern Is Putting
■
: In Heavier Rails
Atlanta, Ga., April 7.—Heavier rail •
was laid on 795 miles of track by the
j Southern Railway System during
1924.
, Os this total, 412 miles of track |
were laid with new 100 pound rail,
more than doubling the mileage of
100 pound rail in service; 85 pound
■. rail was laid oh 325 miles of track, i
and rail of other weights was laid
on 58 miles of track, rail of lighter
section being released in every case.
The LOO pound rail was laid in
double track mail lines carrying the
heaviest traffic, and at the end of
; 1924 Southern Railway System had
a total of 728 miles of track laid
with 100 pound rail.
The program of heavier rail laying
’ is being actively’ continued, and for
the year 1925, 37,300 tons of 100-
’ pound rail have already been pur-
Hon. J. H. Skelton
Mentioned For
Congress
i Two papers. The Athens Banner
' Herald and The Carnesville Herald
have, within the past week, carried
articles regarding the possibility of
Hon. James H. Skelton, Sr., of Jlart
i well, being a candidate for Congre
’ from the Eighth Congressional D;.«-
i trict.
The articles have brough’ forth ;
great deal of comment all over the
District, and while the election is
! some distance in the future, they are
I of interest to our people.
Mr. Skelton has made no definite
' statement in regard to the matter.
The article appearing in lust week’s
1 Carnesville Herald follows:
“Considerable sentiment is de
veloping jn this section in favor of
1 the candidacy if Hon. J. H. Skelton
' of Hartwell for Congressman from
I the eighth district.
“Mr. Skelton is a native of Hurt ■
county and has for many years been
recognized as one of the outstanding i
members of the Georgia bar. H > has
served two terms in the Georgia
State Senate, and has been interested
in national politics for n number of
years, and was a delegate to the
Nati< mil Democratic Conventh n in
1904.
"Should he decide to enter thi
content. he would make a vigorous
campaign, and would creditably re
l present the district . hould he be
i elected.
TRADE IS GOOD
Spring iiaide in Hartwell has been
' the best in a number of years, ac
cording to nearly every mercantile
house nterviewed by The Sun man
this week.
The Easter trade will show a larger
volume than in muny seasons past,
and our tradespeople are greatly en
couraged over the year’s outlook as
a whole.
'Jfriftwell stores have never had
larger and prettiar stocks.
Thr Sun each week is a splendid
guide for the buyers.
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Money Coining In
Farmers who recently made appli
cation for loans through the new
Intermediate Credit Bank are receiv
ing the’r checks now, and the money
turned looi.< for the purchase of fer
tilizers and other necessities is help
ing the local market considerably.
Mr. J. E. Carter, local field repre
sentative, is still busy taking appli
cations for loans and it is not too
late now to see him if you are inter
ested.
The rate of interest is low, it is
' stated, for loans of this nature.
Mr. J. D. Crawford
Buried Saturday
Mr. James I), Crawford, age 85,
died at the home just beyond the
eastern city limits on Friday morning,
April 3, 1925, and was burled Sat
urday afternoon, following appro
priate funeral services from the home.
|in the Hartwell cemetery. Hartwell
Lodge of Masons in charge.
His pastor, Rev. J. H. Barton, of
| the Hartwell Methodist church, con
• ducted the services at the home, as
sisted by Rev. J. D. Turner and Rev.
I J. J. Hiott.
1 The deceased had been ill for the
: past several years, paralysis being the
‘ cause of his passing.
Mr. Crawford was one of Hart
county’s oldest and most respected
citizens. He was born in Anderson
county, S. C., April 30, 1840, moving
to this county many years ago. He
was married in 1870, his wife pre
ceding him to the grave a number
of years ago.
He was for many years engaged in
I the manufacture of brick, having a
large kiln at his home east of Hart
well. Many of the large buildings in
this city were erected with brick of
his manufacture.
Mr. Crawford was a charter mem- '
her of the Masonic organization in
Anderson county, S. C.
Surviving are one son, Mr. William ,
H. Crawford, and one daughter, Mrs.
.Chas. W. Norman, of Hartwell, Ga.;
: one brother, Mr. Thomas E. Craw
ford, of Anderson, S. C.
The passing of Mr. Crawford re
moves another pioneer citizen, and
I one highly regarded by all who knew \
him.
The sympathy of many friends is
extended the bereaved ones.
Funeral director W. C. Page in;
charge of arrangement-,.
By laughing at two bandits •!
plucky Boston girl saved an eighteen
hundred dollars payroll. W'hen a
revolver tickles your ribs it’s quite ■
proper to laugh. San Antonio Ex-
i press.
! chased, "tough to lay 233 miles. Al-I
so 20,708 tone of new 85 pound rail
have been bought, enough to lay
155 miles.
Georgia Buys Over
154,943,842 Lbs.
Meat Annually
Georgia in 1921 bought 154,943.-
842 pound: of packing house pro
ducts in addition to all the home
grown meats.
Georgia in 1924 bought 52,708,-
571 pounds of common, dry salt meat
from outside the State.
It would require 2,895,832 hogs
weighing 165 pound:: to supply the
last named article alone.
Georgia's meat bill was $30,000,
000.00 last year.
Georgia bought outside the State
last year $16,000,000 worth of dairy
products, such a:- butter, cheese, etc.
Georgia bought outside the State
last year 259,000 tons of feed meal,
valued at $1,250,000.
In 1924 Hart county had 4,900
milch cows.
In 1924 Hart county had 5,100
: In order to supply Georgia s own
demand, every county in the State
| every county -must produce an
i nualiy 18,000 hogi.
There and many additional facta
of much mtere.st and great concern
were brought out in a talk by Dr.
Peter F’. Bahnsen, State Veterinarian,
' nt the inviting •>!' the Kiwqnis Club
i last Friday.
l>r. Bahn.-i i wm introduced by
| chairman W. S. Long, of the program
committee, aid the organ : zntion has
rarely hoard a more earnest and pro
fitable talk that of this State ex
pert. He urged inspection of all
meats before being offered for sale
locally.
Visitor; of the day were Mr.
Thou H Estes, of Chicago, 111, Mr.
| R. 11. Smith, of Atlanta, Mr. James
Kinard and Mr. W. B. Ellison, of
i Williamston, S. C., Dr. J. H. Moore,
i of Elberton, all of whom made short,
interesting talks.
Judge Walter L. Hodges intro
duced a resolution expressing to The
Atlanta Constitution the club's ap
preciation of their efforts in setting
i forth facts regarding the State’s
interests and for the publication of
, a recent Article by Mr. J. A. Hollo
mon, who forecast a bright future
: for the State.
Miss Mildred Johnson presided nt
the piano during the session.
The attendance prize was awarded
i Kiwanian A. C. Skelton, an electric
I toaster given through the Hartwell
, Furniture Co., by the Gillman-Schoen.
Electric Co., of Atlanta.
Mr. Wm. H. Pruitt
Mr. William 11. I‘ruitt, age 7tJ,
died at the home in Cokesbury com
munity on Monday, April 6,
and was buried the day fidlowing in
the cemetery at Cokesbury church.
He had been a member of the Metho
dist church there for many yours.
His pastor, Rev. Johnson, was in
charge, a large concourse of friends
and relatives attending thi funeral
from Hart, Elbert and Anderson
counties.
Mr. Pruitt was born in Anderzorr
county, S. March 22, 1849, mov
ing to Hart county 42 years ago.
He was well and favorably known
to many of our people, and will be
missed in th<* home, in the communi
ty, church and county as a whole.
Mr. Pruitt had been married three
times. His first wife, whom he
married in 1869, was .Miss Lannie
Ritchie; in 1906 he married Mrs.
Fannie Mauldin, and in 1922 to Miss
Irma Bates, of Hartwell, the latter
surviving him.
He is also survived by the follow
ing sons and daughters; Messrs. L.
A. and J. A. Pruitt, of Hart county;
Mrs. King Dooley and Mrs. J. S.
Chapman, of Hart county; Mrs. J.
O. Teasley, of Elbert county, and
Mrs. Will Ritchie, of Abbeville, S. C.
He is also survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Lizzie Lou Pruitt, of Anderson,
S. C., and one whose name could not
be obtained. Also two brothers,
Messrs. Van and Joshua Pruitt, of
Anderson, S. C.
The death of Mr. Pruitt takes
away another of Hart county’s oldest
citizens.
The sympathy of many friends is
extended the bereaved family.
Funeral arrangements in charge di
rector W. C. Page, of Hartwell.
Fortson Buys Store
•Mr. Lon A. Fortson, formerly of
Atlanta, has purchased the stock of
groceries from C. L. Johnson & Co.,
next to the bakery, taking charge
Wednesday morning of this week.
Mr. Fortson is well known to our
people, having formerly resided in
Elberton, and later in Winder before
going to Atlanta.
He married Miss Callie Campbell,
of Hartwell, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Campbell, and we wel
come this family to our city.
Mr. Fortson invites the continued
patronage of the old customers of
the store and solicits new business.
The Sun appreciates prompt pay
ment on the part of our customers.
We must have cash to pay off with
every Saturday in the year.
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